In total six women were elected in these local body poll in Tamil Nadu. The state is the 17th state in the country to allocate 50 percent reservation for its women in local panchayats and in urban bodies.

Sex workers across India are seeking to influence candidates in the elections through collective voting. The collective voting is an attempt to demand better health facilities and welfare services in exchange for votes.

Leading among the states with the worst sex ratio, Haryana, again displays its patriarchal mind-set in the number of women candidates competing in the parliamentary elections. Of the 223 candidates competing for 10 seats, only 11 are women candidates. Of the 1.80 crore registered electors, 83, 40,173 are women. Despite this huge representation of women […]

Ex-diplomat Preeti Saran has been elected to an Asia Pacific seat on the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) of the United Nations. Saran, who recently retired from her post of External Affairs Ministry Secretary (East), was elected to the 18-member panel of CESCR on Wednesday. With 36 years of experience in her […]

Georgia has elected Salome Zurabishvili as its president, making her the first woman to hold the office. The 66-year-old former foreign minister was backed by the ruling party in Georgia – the Georgian Dream Party – created by billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili. Zurabishvili defeated Grigol Vashadze, her opponent from the United Opposition, by 59.5% to 40.5% […]

The state of Uttar Pradesh has population density and diversity, highest number of Rajya Sabha seats, 912 women for every 1000 men and memories of Badaun which linger. What it also has are women who have exercised their voting rights in a democracy to heavily influence the future of our country. In India’s most populous […]

At a press conference in Lucknow, BSP party chief Mayawati called for a return to the old system of ballot papers. She said her suspicion is confirmed by the fact that BJP has won even in Muslim majority seats. A report in the Business Standard states Mayawati said the secret to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s […]

It’s official. After months of debates and speculation, it is finally clear that the official nominee from the Democratic Party for the Presidential elections this year will be Hillary Rodham Clinton. The passionate leader and feminist has created history already, by becoming the first female to be nominated by the Democrats. Greatest opposition and competition […]